Two mutually exclusive investment opportunities require an initial investment of $8 million Investment A then generates $1.70 million per year in perpetuity, while investment B pays $1.00 million in the first with cash flows increasing by 5% per year after that. At what cost of capital would an investor regard both opportunities as being equivalent? OA. 13% OB. 12% OC. 6% OD. 3%

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ZumBahlen Inc. is considering the following mutually exclusive projects: Year 0 1 2 3 4 Project A Cash Flow -$5,000 O a. 16.15% O b. 20.15% O c. 18.15% O d. 22.15% 200 800 Project B Cash Flow -$5,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 5,000 At what cost of capital will the net present value of the two projects be the same? (That is, what is the "crossover" rate?) 800 200

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K (Present value of annuities and complex cash flows) You are given three investment alternatives to analy End of Year 1 5678AWN2 3 A $15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 Investment B $15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 C $20,000 60,000 a. What is the present value of investment A at an annual discount rate of 19 percent? (Round to the nearest cent.) BELEID

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What is the present value of an investment with the following cash flows? Year 1  $14,000 Year 2   $20, 000 Year 3    $30,000 Year 4.   $ 43,000 Year 5.   $ 57,000 Use a 7% discount rate, and round your answer to the nearest $1. a. $128, 487 b. $107, 328 c. $112, 346 d. $ 153, 272

Answer all the questions QUESTION 1 Questions a. After-tax cash flows for two mutually exclusive projects (with economic lives of four years each) are: Y Year Project X Project K(12,000) 5,000 01234 5,000 5,000 5,000 i. ii. iii. K(12,000) 0 0 0 25,000 The company's cost of capital is 10 percent. Compute the following: The internal rate of return for each project. The net present value for each project. Which project should be selected? Why? b. A firm is considering the purchase of an automatic machine for K6,200. The machine has an installation cost of K800 and zero salvage value at the end of its expected life of five years. Depreciation is by the straight-line method with the half-year convention. The machine is considered a five-year property. Expected cash savings before tax is K1,800 per year over the five years. The firm is in the 40 percent tax bracket. The firm has determined the cost of capital (or minimum required rate of return) as 10 percent after taxes. Should the firm…

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